THE KIDNAPPED BABY.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20490, 8 March 1932, Page 9

THE KIDNAPPED BABY.

A CHILD OP AMERICA. GANGSTER'S SENTIMENT. (UNITED PBESa ASSOCIATION—BI ELECTRIC TELEGBAPH—OOPYBIGHT.) (Received March 7th, 7.5 p.m.) NEW YORK, March 6. Salvacore Spitals made the following statement: T\ hen first approached m this matter by a representative of the Lindberghs I said I would not like to have my name dragged into such a delicate situation, but if I could help in any way to get back tho child' 1 would take any sacrifice upon myself to that ond. I therefore ask that whoever has the child to communicate with me at the earliest possible opportunity. Nothing in the world would have . brought me into this were I not a father, and have two children, and if I did not know that the baby is not i only the child of the Lindberghs, but a child of America. ' ' - Contact with the Underworld. A message from Hopewell, New Jeri scy, says that what led-the Lindberghs to establish contact "with the under--1 world in the search for their kidnapped baby, and what result, if any, may be s achieved, are as much a mystery, late on Sunday night, as the whereabouts of the infant. A Trenton story that the kidnappers of tho Lindbergh baby flew over the Lindbergh estato in an aeroplane on Saturday, with the intention of dropping the child in a parachute, but lost their nerve, *>tis told to the police on Sunday night by Miss Annette Corbett, a. young woman jf Philadelphia, who was arrested as she stepped from a bus. She told tho police she had "tho dope" on the case, but would not tell it to anyone but Lindbergh. BABY ALIVE. DEMAND FOR RANSOM. NEW YORK, March 6. The newt-paper "American'' states: . "Definite word was received by Colonel and Mrs Charles Lindbergh on Saturday afternoon that their baby is still alive. They were told that the stolen child would be returned within 48 hours if the ransom were paid through tho gangster Spitals. Tho New Jersey police authorities neither confirm nor deny the above." REMARKABLE ASPECTS CRANKS AND CURIOSITY SEEKERS. (Received March 7tli, 8.10 .p.m.) NEW YORK, March 6. From dawn on Sunday morning to sunset rcmarkablo psychological aspects of tho kidnapping such as must impress foreign observers away from the scene, continued to accumulate. On the one hand there was a ferocious man hunt by the police, which persisted in rural and urban areas in one of the worst snow and rainstorms ever to grip the eastern section ,of the United States. Dripping and half-frozen police officers tramped over miry fields or continue# house-to-houso visits; on the other hand in Hopewell itself every variety of eranlc scorned to have gathered. One woman persisted in having visions in telegraph o'ffices. Hardy curiosity-seekers almost frustrated Stato troopers' efforts to keep them from getting to the Lindbergh estate. For miles along the roads there wore ditched automobiles of those who failed to negotiate almost impassable roads. Two Men Questioned. A mossage from Newark, New Jersey, states that after questioning two men all Sunday night tho Deputy Chief of Police announced to-day that the police would continue to hold Henry Johnson, tho friend of the nursemaid to the kidnappod baby. They would, however, not hold Johansen Junge, a friend of Johnson, who was detained on Sunday night "when located in Englewood. The police hsd been informed that Junge was with Johnson the night of the kidnapping. RADIO APPEAL HEARD IN CHRISTCHURCH. An appeal to the kidnappers of Colonel Lindbergh's baby to Teturn the child was heard over the radio last evening by Mr Leslio Emorson, a schoolmaster, of New Brighton. . Mr Emerson was listening in from 7.15 p.m.. onwards, and ho picked up Station WENR, Chicago. The announcer broadcasted a message, written by Arthur Brisbane, of the "New York American," appealing to the kidnappers and assuring them that, if the baby were returned safe and sound to its parents, nobody in America would think of taking any action against them.